Gene Smith

Sunday

Jan 27, 2013 at 8:06 AM

WATERLOO, SC-- Mr. Gene Smith, age 23, of 158 Log Circle, Waterloo, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 25, 2013, at Laurens County Hospital after a brief illness.Gene was born in Spartanburg June 25, 1989, the son of Deborah Smith Southard of the home. He graduated Lander College, April 2012, receiving his bachelors degree in business and was employed with Wells Fargo Bank in Clinton. Gene had previously worked for the Laurens Co. Hospital and was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church. He was a tender hearted soul and a humble, gentle man, who had many caring friends. Gene touched the lives of everyone he met.Surviving in addition to his mother, is his fiancee: Christa Lee Taylor of Laurens who he was to marry March 30, 2013; his brother, Caden Jackson of Buffalo; his father, Eddie Smith of Union; a special friend, Mike Lanford of Woodruff; an aunt, Barbara Brown and his beloved pet, Wilson. Gene was predeceased by his step-father, Mike Southard; and his maternal grandparents, Bobby and Jean Brown Smith Stewart.Funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Monday, January 28, 2013, at Putman Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Dr. Rick Henderson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Active pallbearers will be Jason Ivey, Mike Ivey, Brad Lawson, Jason Spencer, Curt Taylor and Phillip McMurray. Employees of the Wells Fargo Bank in Clinton and the staff of Laurens Co. Hospital with whom Gene worked, are asked to sit in a group.The family will receive friends at the home, 158 Log Circle, Waterloo.Memorials may be made to the Putman Baptist Church, Window Fund, 3692 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, SC 29321.The S.R. HolcombeFuneral Home, Inc. (www.holcombefuneralhomes.com)

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